专四专八考试

【单选题】 The owner and editor of the newspaper______ the conference.
A．were attending
B．were to attend
C．is to attend
D．are to attend

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
由and连接的并列结构作主语指的是同一个人或物时，谓语仍用单数，该结构的特征是，and后 的名词前没有任何冠词，例如：His lawyer and former university friend，Henry Ford，was with him at his death．他的律师同时也是他大学时的朋友——亨利•福特，在他死时一直陪伴着他。If law and order is not preserved，neither the citizen nor his property is safe．如果法律和秩序得不到维 护，公民的人身和财产就得不到安全。 查看试题解析出处>>